First weekday of vacation!

Think I'll lay around in bed for a while, maybe get some coffee later and watch The West Wing, idk...

Notification from the hospital: two of my patients died this week.

Not COVID-related; drug abuse and the complications that go with it.

I didn't know them very well. In fact, the patient of whom I was notified today, I hadn't seen in a couple of years.

Still, one wonders if one could have done more...

If we would just stop treating drug abuse as a crime in this country, and treat it as an illness, this wouldn't happen as much...

Friday Night Bourbon-Buzz. Officially on vacation. Ask me anything.

Bourbon for my New York Sour. Yummy...

I love you all...

Last day of clinic before vacation!

Anybody out there? My buzz thread fizzled. Not enough buzz, I guess...

Just need some encouraging words after a disastrous day...

Friday Night Tequila Buzz. Mexican for dinner.

God! Day from hell!

Ask me anything.

I love you all.

I need a vacation…

I finally have what I've been longing for for weeks.

A quiet afternoon in my armchair by the window, listening to the rain come down outside.

Ahh...

Let the healing begin...

Friday Night Gin-Buzz. Ask me anything.

Trying to cope…

I love you all…

Sent a beloved patient to de-tox. Stopped a fight in the waiting room.

Okay, now it's two gin rickeys...

One of the best songs ever about grief and how people can help you through it.